| Directors are ranked according to overall movie critic score |
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| 1 |  | Woody Allen |  3.1725
| 39 |
- 1960s - 1
- 1970s - 7
- 1980s - 9
- 1990s - 10
- 2000s - 12
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- 1. Annie Hall (1977)
- 2. Manhattan (1979)
- 3. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
- 4. Radio Days (1987)
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| 2 |  | Terry Gilliam |  2.9696
| 13 |
- 1960s - 1
- 1970s - 3
- 1980s - 4
- 1990s - 3
- 2000s - 2
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- 1. Time Bandits (1981)
- 2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- 3. Brazil (1985)
- 4. Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The (1988)
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| 3 |  | Joel Coen |  2.9209
| 12 |
- 1980s - 2
- 1990s - 4
- 2000s - 6
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- 1. Barton Fink (1991)
- 2. Big Lebowski, The (1998)
- 3. Raising Arizona (1987)
- 4. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
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| 4 |  | Kevin Smith |  2.9182
| 8 |
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- 1. Clerks. (1994)
- 2. Chasing Amy (1997)
- 3. Clerks II (2006)
- 4. Dogma (1999)
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| 5 |  | Rob Reiner |  2.9129
| 15 |
- 1980s - 5
- 1990s - 7
- 2000s - 3
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- 1. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
- 2. Princess Bride, The (1987)
- 3. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
- 4. Stand by Me (1986)
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| 6 |  | Wes Anderson |  2.8958
| 8 |
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- 1. Royal Tenenbaums, The (2001)
- 2. Rushmore (1998)
- 3. Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The (2004)
- 4. Bottle Rocket (1996)
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| 7 |  | John Lounsbery |  2.8633
| 47 |
- 1930s - 4
- 1940s - 23
- 1950s - 7
- 1960s - 7
- 1970s - 6
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- 1. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- 2. Mary Poppins (1964)
- 3. Jungle Book, The (1967)
- 4. Robin Hood (1973)
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| 8 |  | Ron Howard |  2.8302
| 24 |
- 1960s - 3
- 1970s - 1
- 1980s - 6
- 1990s - 6
- 2000s - 8
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- 1. Willow (1988)
- 2. Splash (1984)
- 3. Paper, The (1994)
- 4. Cocoon (1985)
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| 9 |  | Christopher Guest |  2.8279
| 7 |
- 1980s - 1
- 1990s - 3
- 2000s - 3
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- 1. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
- 2. Best in Show (2000)
- 3. Mighty Wind, A (2003)
- 4. Big Picture, The (1989)
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| 10 |  | Frank Oz |  2.8211
| 13 |
- 1980s - 4
- 1990s - 6
- 2000s - 3
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- 1. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
- 2. Bowfinger (1999)
- 3. In & Out (1997)
- 4. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
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| 11 |  | Alexander Payne |  2.8191
| 6 |
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- 1. Sideways (2004)
- 2. About Schmidt (2002)
- 3. Election (1999)
- 4. Citizen Ruth (1996)
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| 12 |  | John Hughes |  2.8143
| 7 |
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- 1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
- 2. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
- 3. Sixteen Candles (1984)
- 4. Weird Science (1985)
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| 13 |  | Tim Burton |  2.8107
| 19 |
- 1970s - 2
- 1980s - 5
- 1990s - 5
- 2000s - 7
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- 1. Ed Wood (1994)
- 2. Beetlejuice (1988)
- 3. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
- 4. Big Fish (2003)
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| 14 |  | Joe Dante |  2.8073
| 13 |
- 1960s - 1
- 1970s - 2
- 1980s - 5
- 1990s - 3
- 2000s - 2
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- 1. Gremlins (1984)
- 2. Innerspace (1987)
- 3. Matinee (1993)
- 4. Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
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| 15 |  | Jay Roach |  2.8071
| 6 |
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- 1. Meet the Parents (2000)
- 2. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
- 3. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
- 4. Meet the Fockers (2004)
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| 16 |  | Spike Lee |  2.7560
| 26 |
- 1970s - 1
- 1980s - 4
- 1990s - 10
- 2000s - 11
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- 1. Do The Right Thing (1989)
- 2. Original Kings of Comedy, The (2000)
- 3. School Daze (1988)
- 4. Bamboozled (2000)
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| 17 |  | Lawrence Kasdan |  2.7523
| 11 |
- 1980s - 4
- 1990s - 5
- 2000s - 2
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- 1. Silverado (1985)
- 2. Big Chill, The (1983)
- 3. Mumford (1999)
- 4. French Kiss (1995)
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| 18 |  | George Cukor |  2.7486
| 46 |
- 1930s - 19
- 1940s - 9
- 1950s - 11
- 1960s - 4
- 1970s - 2
- 1980s - 1
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- 1. Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
- 2. Holiday (1938)
- 3. My Fair Lady (1964)
- 4. Women, The (1939)
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| 19 |  | Albert Brooks |  2.7379
| 7 |
- 1970s - 1
- 1980s - 2
- 1990s - 3
- 2000s - 1
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- 1. Lost in America (1985)
- 2. Defending Your Life (1991)
- 3. Mother (1996)
- 4. Muse, The (1999)
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| 20 |  | John Landis |  2.7340
| 19 |
- 1970s - 3
- 1980s - 7
- 1990s - 5
- 2000s - 4
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- 1. Blues Brothers, The (1980)
- 2. Animal House (1978)
- 3. American Werewolf in London, An (1981)
- 4. Trading Places (1983)
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| 21 |  | Billy Wilder |  2.7330
| 25 |
- 1940s - 7
- 1950s - 8
- 1960s - 5
- 1970s - 4
- 1980s - 1
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- 1. Some Like It Hot (1959)
- 2. Seven Year Itch, The (1955)
- 3. Apartment, The (1960)
- 4. Sabrina (1954)
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| 22 |  | Ernst Lubitsch |  2.7329
| 69 |
- 1910s - 32
- 1920s - 18
- 1930s - 12
- 1940s - 7
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- 1. Shop Around the Corner, The (1940)
- 2. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
- 3. Merry Widow, The (1934)
- 4. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
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| 23 |  | Frank Capra |  2.7111
| 34 |
- 1920s - 9
- 1930s - 7
- 1940s - 14
- 1950s - 3
- 1960s - 1
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- 1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
- 2. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
- 3. It Happened One Night (1934)
- 4. Here Comes the Groom (1951)
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| 24 |  | Jerry Zucker |  2.7070
| 6 |
- 1980s - 3
- 1990s - 2
- 2000s - 1
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- 1. Airplane! (1980)
- 2. Top Secret! (1984)
- 3. Ghost (1990)
- 4. Rat Race (2001)
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| 25 |  | Preston Sturges |  2.7053
| 10 |
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- 1. Christmas in July (1940)
- 2. Lady Eve, The (1941)
- 3. Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
- 4. Palm Beach Story, The (1942)
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| 26 |  | Howard Hawks |  2.6969
| 40 |
- 1920s - 7
- 1930s - 14
- 1940s - 10
- 1950s - 5
- 1960s - 3
- 1970s - 1
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- 1. His Girl Friday (1940)
- 2. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- 3. Twentieth Century (1934)
- 4. I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
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| 27 |  | Mark Sandrich |  2.6915
| 45 |
- 1920s - 18
- 1930s - 20
- 1940s - 7
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- 1. Top Hat (1935)
- 2. Holiday Inn (1942)
- 3. Carefree (1938)
- 4. Follow the Fleet (1936)
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| 28 |  | Richard Donner |  2.6818
| 20 |
- 1960s - 2
- 1970s - 2
- 1980s - 7
- 1990s - 6
- 2000s - 3
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- 1. Lethal Weapon (1987)
- 2. Goonies, The (1985)
- 3. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
- 4. Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
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| 29 |  | Elliott Nugent |  2.6774
| 30 |
- 1930s - 18
- 1940s - 9
- 1950s - 3
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- 1. My Favorite Brunette (1947)
- 2. Cat and the Canary, The (1939)
- 3. Male Animal, The (1942)
- 4. Professor Beware (1938)
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| 30 |  | Wayne Wang |  2.6707
| 21 |
- 1970s - 1
- 1980s - 6
- 1990s - 5
- 2000s - 9
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- 1. Smoke (1995)
- 2. Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
- 3. Maid in Manhattan (2002)
- 4. Last Holiday (2006)
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| 31 |  | Harold Ramis |  2.6658
| 11 |
- 1980s - 3
- 1990s - 4
- 2000s - 4
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- 1. Groundhog Day (1993)
- 2. Caddyshack (1980)
- 3. Analyze This (1999)
- 4. Bedazzled (2000)
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| 32 |  | Ivan Reitman |  2.6604
| 16 |
- 1960s - 1
- 1970s - 3
- 1980s - 5
- 1990s - 4
- 2000s - 3
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- 1. Ghost Busters (1984)
- 2. Stripes (1981)
- 3. Ghostbusters II (1989)
- 4. Dave (1993)
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| 33 |  | James L. Brooks |  2.6358
| 4 |
- 1980s - 2
- 1990s - 1
- 2000s - 1
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- 1. As Good As It Gets (1997)
- 2. Broadcast News (1987)
- 3. Terms of Endearment (1983)
- 4. Spanglish (2004)
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| 34 |  | Tom Shadyac |  2.6327
| 7 |
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- 1. Liar Liar (1997)
- 2. Nutty Professor, The (1996)
- 3. Bruce Almighty (2003)
- 4. Patch Adams (1998)
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| 35 |  | Mike Nichols |  2.6257
| 20 |
- 1960s - 2
- 1970s - 4
- 1980s - 5
- 1990s - 5
- 2000s - 4
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- 1. Graduate, The (1967)
- 2. Primary Colors (1998)
- 3. Working Girl (1988)
- 4. Birdcage, The (1996)
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| 36 |  | Robert Stevenson |  2.6126
| 38 |
- 1930s - 8
- 1940s - 9
- 1950s - 5
- 1960s - 11
- 1970s - 5
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- 1. Mary Poppins (1964)
- 2. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
- 3. Love Bug, The (1968)
- 4. Absent Minded Professor, The (1961)
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| 37 |  | Barry Sonnenfeld |  2.6122
| 10 |
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- 1. Get Shorty (1995)
- 2. Men in Black (1997)
- 3. Addams Family Values (1993)
- 4. Addams Family, The (1991)
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| 38 |  | George Stevens |  2.6111
| 51 |
- 1930s - 36
- 1940s - 8
- 1950s - 5
- 1960s - 1
- 1970s - 1
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- 1. Woman of the Year (1942)
- 2. Gunga Din (1939)
- 3. Swing Time (1936)
- 4. Talk of the Town, The (1942)
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| 39 |  | Peter Segal |  2.5997
| 11 |
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- 1. Tommy Boy (1995)
- 2. 50 First Dates (2004)
- 3. Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
- 4. My Fellow Americans (1996)
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| 40 |  | Vincente Minnelli |  2.5962
| 30 |
- 1940s - 9
- 1950s - 13
- 1960s - 6
- 1970s - 2
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- 1. Band Wagon, The (1953)
- 2. Father of the Bride (1950)
- 3. Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
- 4. Pirate, The (1948)
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| 41 |  | Stephen Roberts |  2.5816
| 84 |
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- 1. Ex-Mrs. Bradford, The (1936)
- 2. Star of Midnight (1935)
- 3. If I Had a Million (1932)
- 4. One Sunday Afternoon (1933)
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| 42 |  | Peter Farrelly |  2.5783
| 5 |
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- 1. Fever Pitch (2005)
- 2. Osmosis Jones (2001)
- 3. Stuck On You (2003)
- 4. Kingpin (1996)
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| 43 |  | Bobby Farrelly |  2.5783
| 5 |
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- 1. Fever Pitch (2005)
- 2. Osmosis Jones (2001)
- 3. Stuck On You (2003)
- 4. Kingpin (1996)
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| 44 |  | Leo McCarey |  2.5726
| 87 |
- 1920s - 67
- 1930s - 12
- 1940s - 4
- 1950s - 3
- 1960s - 1
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- 1. Duck Soup (1933)
- 2. Awful Truth, The (1937)
- 3. Love Affair (1939)
- 4. Belle of the Nineties (1934)
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| 45 |  | Charles Shyer |  2.5704
| 7 |
- 1980s - 2
- 1990s - 3
- 2000s - 2
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- 1. Father of the Bride (1991)
- 2. Baby Boom (1987)
- 3. Alfie (2004)
- 4. Father of the Bride Part II (1995)
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| 46 |  | Peter Chelsom |  2.5595
| 9 |
- 1980s - 1
- 1990s - 3
- 2000s - 5
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- 1. Mighty, The (1998)
- 2. Serendipity (2001)
- 3. Shall We Dance (2004)
- 4. Funny Bones (1995)
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| 47 |  | Lloyd Bacon |  2.5549
| 116 |
- 1920s - 38
- 1930s - 47
- 1940s - 22
- 1950s - 9
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- 1. Footlight Parade (1933)
- 2. Boy Meets Girl (1938)
- 3. Slight Case of Murder, A (1938)
- 4. Irish in Us, The (1935)
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| 48 |  | Edward Burns |  2.5527
| 8 |
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- 1. Brothers McMullen, The (1995)
- 2. Sidewalks of New York (2001)
- 3. No Looking Back (1998)
- 4. Groomsmen, The (2006)
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| 49 |  | Brett Ratner |  2.5521
| 10 |
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- 1. Rush Hour (1998)
- 2. Rush Hour 2 (2001)
- 3. Family Man, The (2000)
- 4. After the Sunset (2004)
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| 50 |  | Andrew Fleming |  2.5380
| 10 |
- 1980s - 1
- 1990s - 3
- 2000s - 6
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- 1. Dick (1999)
- 2. Craft, The (1996)
- 3. Hamlet 2 (2008)
- 4. In-Laws, The (2003)
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